Cambodian Capital Attack Planned by North Vietnamese Officer
Lt. Tran Van Hong, 27, a North Vietnamese officer who surrendered in Phnom Penh, said Cambodian forces will face a major attack aimed at seizing Phnom Penh. He claimed 25,000 to 30,000 North Vietnamese inside Cambodia, with total Communist strength over 100,000, and noted many Cambodians oppose Lon Nol. He also said foreign journalists may be alive in Hanoi and that directives since 1967 advise not killing them.
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Robin Mannock
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
South Vietnam
U.S
Tran van Hong
Hong
Kuom Penh
Hanoi
California Democrats elect 34 year old chair Manatt
Charles Manatt, a Van Nuys attorney, wins the California Democratic chairmanship over George Brown Jr. and signals a new day for the party. The move strengthens ties to Assembly Speaker Bob Moretti and U.S. Sen. John V. Tunney as Democrats pursue renewed influence after past defeats.
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Bill Stall
Sacramento
Calif
California
Democratic Party
Charles Manatt
New Assembly
Bob Moretti
U.S
John V. Tunney
Leen Manatt
van Nuys
George
Maine
Birch Bayh
Ind
Nixon
Manatt
Tunney
Brown
George Murphy
Southern California
Moretti
Mod
Bayh
Assembly
Jess Unruh
College plans push to fix manpower and enrollments
Erwin urges restricting state college enrollment and expanding junior colleges in Houston Austin and El Paso. He calls for vocational training emphasis and a new administrator type to run campuses with student input while administration retains control.
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Houston
Austin
el Paso
Erwin
Multiple Fatalities and Accidents Across Dallas Area
A mini bike crash in Houston killed a woman named Violance act oma and injured her 3 year old cousin. A Dallas man Adam Garza drowned in a hotel bath. A Mesquite couple Mr and Mrs Arnold G Brown were found shot to death. Jeffrey W Oates 2 drowned in a neighbor pool. Oscar C Weaver 17 was killed near Rio Hondo in a car crash. Archeologists in Iran report remnant palace of Xerxes found near Susa.
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Houston
Dallas
Adam Garza
Arnold G. Brown
Jeffery W. Oates
Oscar C. Weaver
Rio Hondo
Elizabeth Taylor to Become Grandmother in August
London reports Elizabeth Taylor, 39, will soon be a grandmother as her son Michael Wilding and his wife Beth expect a child in August. The couple, married last October in hippie attire, reside in London while the Burtons film Zee and Co in Mexico where the baby is expected.
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London
UPI
Elizabeth Taylor
Michael Wilding
Michael
Beth
Miss Taylor
Richard Burton
Zee and Co
Wildings
Mexico
Burtons
REACT volunteers assist elderly hitchhiker in Lubbock
From PAGE ONE 1812 San Jose Drive a REACT member and wife kept the elderly hitchhiker for the night. They sought bus fare to Shattuck for the woman and arranged train shipment for her dog after learning the bus could not transport the animal. The woman, Mrs Johnson, was set to depart Hub City at 4 20 am with the dog to follow around 8 am.
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San Jose
Lubbock
REACT
Citizens Band
Adams
Johnson
Shattuck
Drivers Face New Federal Exam Rules for Truck Carriers
Feazell describes new DOT based requirements for motor carrier operation. Employers must qualify their drivers and ensure standardized written and driving tests. Felony conviction in operating a motor carrier leads to a three year disqualification. drug or alcohol offenses revoke qualifications. Notices mailed to Texas motor carriers. clinics held statewide.
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Feazell
DOT
Texas
City Faces Worker Shortage With New Jobs Plan
The city targets filling gaps in critical fields with jobs paying either the minimum wage of 31.63 per hour or the local prevailing rate, whichever is higher. The program would phase out when unemployment reaches 4.5 percent.
Dead Man Found in Rio Grande near Los Indios
The bound and blindfolded body of Dolores Garcia, foreman for a valley citrus firm, was found in the Rio Grande near Los Indios. Cameron County deputies said Garcia had been missing since Jan 15 and ruled the death a murder with back wounds. the body had lain in the river for days. A separate Tokyo note reports Okinawa elections giving three of seven seats to the Sato party.
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Los Indios
Tex
la Feria
Rio Grande
Rio Grande Valley
Cameron County
Dolores Garcia
Luis de la Rosa
Justice of the Peace
Joe Gerusa
Garcia
Valley Citrus
Poisoned weeds wipe out Utah sheep herd of 1180
In Garrison Utah authorities report halogeton poison killed about 1180 sheep from a flock owned by Clarance Ingram and sons. Surviving animals were moved near Mormon Gap Reservoir and given water to counteract the toxin after the flock fed in lower Antelope Valley.
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Garrison, Utah
UPI
Clarance Ingram
Mormon Gap Reservoir
Here
Utah
Atomic Energy Commission
Army
James F. Schoenfield
Sailors’ Bodies Recovered After tanker fire near Sardinia
An Italian navy ship retrieved eight bodies from the sea on Sunday as rescue teams continued to search for 15 missing sailors from the Universe Patriot. Twenty-three of the original 38 crew had been rescued, and the oil tanker remains aground about a mile and a half off Carloforte, Sardinia.
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Carloforte
Sardinia
Sardinian
City Man Donates Historic Ledger to Smithsonian
Colwell from Lubbock plans to send a 16x61 inch daybook to the Smithsonian after noting how charges appeared as Dr or Cr and were later moved to a permanent Folin. The ledger, worn but legible, covers 18th and 19th century shipments, with items like buttons, cloth, indigo, and sundries.
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Smithsonian
Colwell
Nellie
Sam So
Samuel Calwell
Lubbock
Calwell
Ohio
George Washington
Philadelphia
Blaze at LPA Gas Plant Burns Uninjured
AP reports a fire at Warren Petroleum Co. LPA gas plant burned out of control briefly Sunday night but caused no injuries. Fire units from Odessa Crane Monahans and Goldsmith responded as valves were shut and crews allowed the blaze to burn out. Plant sits at Farm Roads 1053 and 233, 16 miles west and 8 miles north of Crane.
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Rane
Warren Petroleum Co
LPA
State Highway Patrol
Monahans
Odessa
Crane
Monahang
Goldsmith
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